IRISES
REPORTER AT LARGE about auctioning art, especially about the sale, last fall, of van Gogh's "Irises" at Sotheby's in New York. The painting was …
Irises: Van Gogh's flowers considered, purple and gold blazing against the canvas.
April 4, 1988
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